Monthly Archives: October 2007

Look it up. It’s right there.

Via Pharyngula comes a link to an educational Bible study page by Jay Pinkerton. Since everyone already knows the basic stuff, this concentrates on the intermediate/advanced topics most Sunday schools don’t have time to mention. And it’s illustrated too!
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Appendices. Can live with them, can live without them.

Appendix has a job, and Uncommon Descent reminds us that is the last nail in evolution’s coffin. But this is just too funny. In the comments, Mats says: oh, by the way, needless to say that, if this paper is confirmed, then Darwinists will spin this around and say that this new found function of the [...]
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My pocket survival kit

Lifehacker continues its “show us what’s in your…” meme. So, welcome to a guided tour of my pockets. The Jimi wallet (back pocket). It currently has one debit card, one credit card, a ten-pound note, two business cards, my driving licence and an Oyster card, the RFID-based electronic ticket for the London public transport network. I [...]
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Wanna buy a smile?

A recent email I received had a link to Microsoft’s FREE emoticon download site (and yes, they’ve dedicated an entire domain for it, as have millions of others.) A few questions, if I may: Is this Microsoft’s business plan for Hotmail? If so, should they perhaps consider reading your email, like the smarter companies do? Who first [...]
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Pro-disestablishmentarianism!

Did you know Finland has one of the last state churches in the civilised world? In a country which allegedly promotes freedom of religion, the Evangelical Lutheral Church is the only church mentioned in the Constitution. It has a right to tax people (and even companies!) through the state and it receives tax breaks no [...]
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